George Floyd kills the Redskins

The huge violence that has greeted the untimely death of George Floyd has made a lot of company bosses afraid for themselves and their company's assets.  So they have gone into protective mode:  Anything to ensure that the rage passes them by.  I can't blame them

The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday that it will drop the 'Redskins' name and logo immediately, bowing to decades of criticism that they are offensive to Native Americans.

A new name must still be selected for one of the oldest and most storied teams in the National Football League, and it remains unclear how soon that will happen. But for now, arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the US.

The move came less than two weeks after owner Dan Snyder, a boyhood fan of the team who once declared he would never get rid of the name, launched a 'thorough review' amid pressure from sponsors. FedEx, Nike, Pepsi and Bank of America all lined up against the name, which was given to the franchise in 1933 when the team was still based in Boston.

FedEx earlier this month became the first sponsor to announce it had asked the organization to change the name, particularly important because CEO Frederick Smith owns part of the team.

FedEx also paid $205 million for the long-term naming rights to the team's stadium in Landover, Maryland.

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